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Amendment olsection 73,—In section 18 of the principal, Act after subsection (8), the following su -section shall be inserted, narneIy: "(9) In the exercise of the powers and Lhi, disc'h trge of its functions the &rnrnittec shall he hound by such directions as the Board may give t fro.m time to time". II 13) Free supplement to Law of Headload Workers in Kerala —2008 Edition PubIihed by Law Books Centre (This supplement ceitains amendments issued uplo 191012013) THE KERALA HEADLOAD WORKERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008 (Ad 71 Of 2008) MACI further to amend the Kerala Headload Waikers Act, 1978 and to repeal the Karate Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Wages and Restitlion of tJnlewfat Practice s) Act 2002. prgarnble.—WHErnS, ills expedient further to ameridthe Kerala HeadlOadW0ersMtd 1978 and to ieptalthe Kerala Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Wages and Restriction of UnlawfulPraCti5) Ad, 2002 fertIle purposes hereinafter appearing Sn it enacted in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Repubtc of India as fotows:- Short title and commtflcOmeflt" (1) This Ad may be called the Kerala Headload Wohers (Amendmeflt)Ad 2008. (2) It shall come into force at once, Amendmei%t of Section 2— in Secon 2 of the Kerala Headload WorkersM 1978 (20 ot 1980) (hereinafter referred to as the princlpalAc)r" (a) in clause (g), for ihewords,or in groupstorthe prposeMengagin9m insuch estabflshnient and includes a sub.CantraGtOr and a broker', the words 'for the purpose of engagingthern in suthestabiishment and includes a sub.cofltrador, a broker, a clearing and forwarding agent commission agent mercantilO agent. consignmefltarnl on the owner of avehicle tadenwith goods shatlbe substltuled (b)nctause(I)r in sub-clause (i), after the words headload worker', the words employS or' shall be inse vIed: in sub-clause (n), after the words 'not employed'. thewords'orengagee shall be inserted: after sub-clause (ii), the loitov4ng 'Explanation' shall be inserted, namely>-' 'Explanatlofl.' Forthe purpose of this sub-clause, a 'headload worker means a person wilo is registered under the scheme and or contractor.'. (c) forclause (rn), the follov4ng clause shall be substituted, namely:— '(rn) 'headload worke( means a person employed or engaged directly or through a contractor in or for an establishment, whether forwages or not, for loading or unloading or carrying on head or person or in atrolty any article or articles bl or from or to a vehicle or any place in such establishment or stacking articles, pt,tlishtd under Notinretan M0.lo347JLe< 2008&a',4t dtOWOH/2003 1 KG. nt ilo,t751 or. oanoa/2008 Recant4 the assent ci he Governor 00Qe482QOB t21 FSCESUPPLEMENITO.CRAtJH ecludur1gOcabt orsophist as$ in a vehicle orunloading by sIicng using manual taboa rcm a echanicaly propelS vehiclo or a peraofl who does in connection 1h !he't in poS tha Works hke (liOn; of (adilizenS in $adrs,weighiflg and stitching of 53c4,bund~ing reaIOn seats of containers stacking and includes any person not employed by any employer or contractor but enga;5 in the loading or unloading or conying on head or parson or in a trolly any attica or articles for wages in orirofli or to a vehicle or any place in articles excluding delicate omsophisticated articles in a vehicle or unloading by siding using manual labour from a mechanicalty propotled vehicle but does not Include a person engaged by an individual for — de5tic ppmOses. Explanati en h _ For the purpose Of this clause, 'a person engagedbyan ivicuat for omesticPuPOs* mflns any personengaged by an lntMualfO d () shift ing includ1lr0nW0th0n of (urSure personal eftects and other household articles for domestic use; or (10 working In connection th the shifting of articles of a lling house of a person including work in connectiOflwfh religious of social orpublic fundions or Qii) cutting, remOg shiffing and transPOdati0n.0tt3 and wood for personal use; or (k) constfljctlng orrepalrin and maintenance of hoLse including the shifting and transportation of construction materials, equipments or machinery for personal use and not for the purpose of trade, or dismantling demolishina and shifting Of old buOding materials or equipments including their transponaf on w hich is not forindusthal or conlnlerCJ& pu pose or (vi) shifting and tramspOftatiOne anmalalor personal use, or (ii) shiftingandtranspOdaubon otmaterials including machinerY, rawmaterials, agricultural produces other materials related to agricultural operations in such person's land: or 0 doing such otherwork or activity or process which the Government May, by notification in the Gazette, specity to be a domestic purposO Explanation it — For the purpose o!this clause 'dettate or sophisticated arfties" mean articles which require to be handled bytlarned or skiiled personE' 3, Amendment of Section 9.—in SectiOn 9 of the prir.cipai Act., th folla+n0 proviso shall be added, namely:— Provided that every headload worker shall give a signed receipt to fIrs emplOyerin token of the amount received towardswages